Rein-support



(No Model.)

'13.. A. HOYT.

REIN SUPPORT.

No. 304,822. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

WITNESSES fiw UNITED STATES EDXVIN A. HOYT, OF

PATE T OFFICE.

LEBANON, ILLINOIS RElN-SU PPO RT.

I; 'JE-iCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,822, dated September 9, 1884.

Application filed July 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. Horr, of Lebanon, county of St. Clair, Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Rein-Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device forholding and supporting reins in such a manner that the horse cannot throw its tail over them, which support is easily carried by the horse itself.

The invention consists in a rod having its ends bent to form loops, and which is provided with legs and a brace for holding it on the back of a horse, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved rein-support. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a face view of the same.

Arod orbar, A, is bent U shape, so as tobe provided at each end with a leg, 13, the lower end of which is held inan eye or ring, 0, ona foot-plate, D, fastened on a cross-strap, E,

' uniting the two hip-straps, Rand passing over or under the crupper-strap G. A brace-rod, H, extends from the middle of the rod or bar A to the back end of the back-strap J, where the same is connected with the hip-straps F, the said brace being of such length thatthe legs B will be inclined upward and outward from their lower ends resting on the strap E, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. .Onthebar or rod A a rod, K, is secured, which is parallel with the dash-board, and is above the horses tail. The ends of the rod K are bent upward and inward-that is, toward each other-to form loops L on the ends of the straight part of the rod K, for the purpose of preventing the reins M,which rest upon the rod K, from sliding off.

As the reins rest upon the rod K they are held raised, and the horse cannot throw its tail over them and pull them down.

If desired, the lower ends of the legs 13 can be secured to pads adapted to rest upon the haunches of the animal; but I prefer the cou struction shown.

Having thus described my invention,l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination,with the rod K, having its ends bent to form loops L, of the legs B, for supporting the rod K, and of the brace H, for holding it, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the rod or bar A, having its ends bent to form legs 13, of the rod K, having its ends bent to form loops L, the foot-plates D, and the brace H, substantially as herein shown and described.

EDXVIN A. HOYT. lVitnesses:

M. LEE HOYT, R. E. I-Iovr. 

